[ddnail]

How do you disable this PITA? Can I disable it permanently, or is it web site specific?
FYI, It's that little double green underlined text that pops up an ad everytime you hoover your mouse over it.

This post has been edited by ddnail: 29 August 2007 - 05:47 PM

[homersboy6]

ddnail, on Aug 29 2007, 06:46 PM, said:

How do you disable this PITA? Can I disable it permanently, or is it web site specific?
FYI, It's that little double green underlined text that pops up an ad everytime you hoover your mouse over it.

See the third item on this page:
http://www.contentious.com/archives/2006/0...fox-extensions/

[ddnail]

Thank you, but I'm not useing Firefox, I'm useing IE7.

[ddnail]

I figured it out,heres how I did it, open IE, click on tools, internet options, click the security tab and highlight restricted sites. Click on the sites button below it and on the add this site to the zone: enter this just as it look's *.us.intellitxt.com
Then restart internet explorer, work's great for me.

*This workaround is for Internet Explorer, I did not try it for Firefox.

[vcapo]

ddnail, on Aug 29 2007, 11:58 PM, said:

I figured it out,heres how I did it, open IE, click on tools, internet options, click the security tab and highlight restricted sites. Click on the sites button below it and on the add this site to the zone: enter this just as it look's *.us.intellitxt.com
Then restart internet explorer, work's great for me.

*This workaround is for Internet Explorer, I did not try it for Firefox.

This is very simple to get rid of in Firefox. All you have to do is disable Javascript and reload the desired webpage and "poof" the vibrant ad links disappear.

[chrisdab]

ddnail, on Aug 29 2007, 10:58 PM, said:

I figured it out,heres how I did it, open IE, click on tools, internet options, click the security tab and highlight restricted sites. Click on the sites button below it and on the add this site to the zone: enter this just as it look's *.us.intellitxt.com
Then restart internet explorer, work's great for me.

*This workaround is for Internet Explorer, I did not try it for Firefox.

There is an even easier way to get rid of intext ads like "vibrant ads" in Internet Explorer. In order to disable JavaScript in IE, you have to change the security settings. You'll find the setting under Tools->Internet Options->Security Tab bar->Custom Level->Disable Active scripting (at the end of the list).

[managed]

Using Opera you can right click on the offending web-page, click 'Edit site preferences' > 'Scripting' tab > untick 'Enable JavaScript', Ok.

There may be a similar site by site option in IE and FireFox.

The problem with switching JavaScript off Globally is some sites use it for login, filling in forms etc.

[Shijo]

Usually all these ads will be having a privacy option attached. You can go to the respective sites from help/question mark in the ads and disable the VIbrant. I have done this and is working for me.

eg:

Step 1: goto http://www.vibrantmedia.com/whatIsIntelliT....intellitxt.com
Step 2: goto the tab Disable.
Step 3: click the link.

As many companies are providing these types of ads you may need to disable this with specific sites/specific browsers.

Disclaimer:

The information provided here is as of my basic information. I am not sure about the after effects if any. Try it at your own risk.

[Basilisk]

Under Windows 7 Home Premium:

- The above IE advice worked as given
- Two of the FireFox suggestions had no impact on FF 3.6b3: Using the Disable Tab at intellitxt.com and following the instructions at contentious.com [using GreaseMonkey] failed to halt the messages. (Like another poster, above, I dislike enabling and disabling JavaScript so I didn't try that.)

I tried an olde classic which worked just fine, however: I edited the "hosts" file [\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) adding the line:
127.0.0.1 us.intellitxt.com # disable advertising

The above trick should prevent the exchanges between my browser and intellitxt which are required for the @#$% pop-ups.


FYI: in filling in this site's registration forms and logging in, FF was indicating this site's transmissions were unencrypted.

[Stormware Studios]

1) Use Firefox (IE8 is non-standards compliant, and does not render all websites with the same compliance that other browsers do. Search the web for numerous references to this).
2) Install AdBlock Plus add-on for Firefox.
3) Enable the closest adblock server.
4) Never see ads again.

No sense in gumming up your hosts file, or disabling JavaScript, as users are easily able to make mistakes in the former, and the latter is often necessary for many types of websites.

[YLstang]

New members, please look at the Dates on these threads, this one is over a 1 & 1/2 year old and the original poster has not been back and most additions get ignored. If the original poster never comes back his ask for help ain't that serious, or he went elsewhere for help

[daleos]

YLstang, on Jan 17 2010, 09:29 PM, said:

New members, please look at the Dates on these threads, this one is over a 1 & 1/2 year old and the original poster has not been back and most additions get ignored. If the original poster never comes back his ask for help ain't that serious, or he went elsewhere for help

I understand your reasoning and I'm new here so feel a little rude to comment but I just Googled "permanently disable vibrant ads" and this forum was first in 175000 results.

The info is very relevant and saved my bacon today. The original poster may be long gone but so long as the information is still valid and the thread is useful to whoever comes along much later, it's fair that the thread have a life of it's own.

If nothing else, making a comment here will confirm (or otherwise) that the information here still valid.

Anyeeeewayyy...
back to the subject matter. I think disabling Javascript or switching off whole sections of functionality is a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. With so many web applications out there relying on some sort of scripting or another, surely it's better to be more surgical with these types of ad.